Personal exposure to particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in Mexico City: A pilot study

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-329

  Vallejo, Maite ^a   Lerma, Claudia ^a   Infante, Oscar ^a   Hermosillo, Antonio G ^a   Riojas Rodriguez, Horacio ^b   Cardenas, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Mexico City; Personal exposure; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; MICROENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; SAMPLING; URBAN AREA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 4344659758     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500328     Document Type: Article

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